High Fidelity raises other 11 million dollars

Philip Rosedalehas not lostthe his magic touch, at leastwith regard tothe ability toattract funding. As was also highlightedbyTechcrunch the former founder of Linden Lab and co-creator of Second Life raised other 11 million dollars for his latest startup, High Fidelity, in a round led by dal venture found Vulcan Capital of Paul Allenas confirmed byafiling modelsubmitted toSec.

So FarHigh Fidelityhas been engagedin an effort toquickly createa newvirtual world where people can meet and interact throughan interface that, while is still far froma final version, seems to bealreadyat the point whereit is possible tochoose atemplate, a nameand obtainimmediatelyaspaceaccessible to other. This space isessentiallya smallvirtual world, filledwith the same3D contentsthat you couldbuildto developa video gameusing the Unity engine. Already,you couldlog on,have a virtualchatwithfriendsand interact withthe virtual spacedeveloped by HighFidelity, but you cangrabanchandliterallysculptyour itemsand developlogic functionswithJavaScriptto tell the worldhow virtual interactionwith objects should work.

For exampleyou could createtwo balls, rollthem, throw themagainst each otherusingamagnetic bearingcontrollerofmovement as those of Razer Hydraand see howtheyreact accordingtorealistic physical laws. Lot of time wasalsodevotedto the developmentof faces andgesturesnatural anda good3D audio. Among the contentsso farmadeby the usersadmitted to thealpha (basicallydevelopersteams) thereare citiesthat are developedon the basis ofautomatic proceduresandanimalmoved byartificial intelligencethat roam freelyin a realistic way, but we areonly at the beginningof what couldbethe “new Second Life” (which of coursewill not be calledso, if onlyto avoid generatingnegativerefluxthat produced thefirst attemptby Rosedale).

Thecontents createdwillbedistributed, free of chargeor for a fee (in which casethe HighFidelitywill retaina small commissionitself) through adigital storethatwould look like the Unity’s Asset Store, but, also in this case, is not a noveltyseenthatfromtimeSecond Lifehas alreadydeveloped its ownmarketplacewithsimilar functions.

Lastbut not least detail: in High Fidelity there will be advertisings thatthey will try tomake as much as “realistic” as possible and useful to the users. At the beginningprobablycover thecontenton saleon the AssetStore, in the futurecould beadvertisingof electronic devicesorpay-TV programsandso on.

All thissoundsalready seen andsaid, with a bigmedia hypethat onceburnedhasleft behindmoredrossthathopes, yetin America,someoneseems to believethat this timewillbethe good one anddoes notresult ina bubblelike the firstSecond Lif. Will it be true? To discover, continue to follow Mondivirtuali.it, also through our account on Twitter and our fanpage on Facebook (but remember: Mondivirtuali is even on Flickr, on Pinterest, on Scoop.it and on Paper.li, as well as on Youtube).